FUNDRAISING PROJECTS - Some of the fundraising activities we undertake to finance the work that we do ....

CLASSIC & VINTAGE SHOWOur Annual Classic & Vintage Show is held in May each year. The Grand Hotel, Malahide make their car park available to us to host this quality and prestigious event.

COOKERY NIGHT WITH KEVINOur cookery demonstration with Kevin Dundon in September 2016 was a huge success... We were able to support three local causes with the funds raised.

STEAM TRAIN EXCURSIONMalahide Lions Club in conjunction with the Railway Preservation Society of Ireland, Fingal County Council and Iarnrod Eireann (especially the staff at Malahide Railway Station) organise this popular event.

QUIZ NIGHTRegularly Malahide Lions Club holds a Quiz Night as a fundraiser with all proceeds and subscriptions, going to a Charity selected by the Club.

HILL WALKMalahide Lions Club has been organising sponsored hill walks for several years. These are normally held in either the Wicklow or Mourne Mountains.

GOLF CLASSICThe Malahide Lions Golf Classic at the Island Golf Club has been one of our major fundraisers since the mid nineteen eighties. Its success is due to the very generous and loyal support of our Sponsors.

BRIDGE COMPETITIONThe Regional Bridge Club at Broomfield Malahide very kindly allow Malahide Lions Club the use of their facilities in order to run a bridge night. This took place on Holy Thursday 21st April 2011.

GARDA BAND CONCERTIn aid of Remember Us, this year's concert 2015 was a great success. Another event to be repeated

COFFEE MORNINGFor a number of years a very successful coffee morning was held in aid of St Francis Hospice. Now the focus is to raise funds for the Senior Citizens' Christmas Party.

FASHION SHOWMalahide Lions Club organised its first Fashion Show in 2008. Our Fashion Show for 2010 was a major success.

Previous Fundraisers

'MALAHIDE NEWS' DVDIn 2010 Malahide Lions Club produced a DVD incorporating all 88 editions of Malahide News published from 1979 until 1990.

THE AOIFE PROJECT

Lions Clubs unite to buy Speech Generating Computer

Aoife is a very brave little girl who is a pupil in St. Michael s House Special National School, Baldoyle. She has Cerebral Palsy and cannot speak. She is clever and bright, always cheerful and is the life and soul of the class. She has no way of communicating and must rely on adults to guess what her needs are. She understands everything said to her and would have plenty to say for herself given the means.

That means is now provided by MyTobii Speech Generating Device. This is essentially a computer operated by the user s eyes instead of a mouse or keyboard.

In 2011, three local Lions Clubs (Malahide, Howth/Sutton and Portmarnock) collaborated to organise a concert in the Grand Hotel, Malahide to raise nearly €25,000 for the device. The entertainment was provided by The Graffiti Classics who performed classical and traditional music using brilliant arrangements and mischievous humour. TV and radio personality, Marty Whelan did a sterling job as MC for the evening.

It was a sell-out show with an auction and a raffle. But the most wonderful thing though was the massive support for the project by members of the entire community. They made generous personal donations, organised a cake sale, had a whip-around, organised a sponsored walk and ran a bridge evening. Aoife had captured the imagination of all who learned about her and the possibility of giving her a voice.

So now, to the delight of her mother Nicola, and her sisters, she will get that voice, thanks to advanced technology combined with generosity of people.